Skeptic Check: Conspiracy!

The Apollo moon landing is a hoax! 9-11 was an inside job! Our government keeps alien bodies racked and stacked in an underground bunker! And as for the evidence … well … put on your tin hats, folks, we’re going deep, deep, deep into conspiracy with journalist David Aaronovitch. Also – the truth is out there, but it’s ignored. Jonah Lehrer on why scientists can overlook evidence. Plus, money for meters and your spooks for free: ghost detectors hit the market. And Hollywood Reality Check and Phil Plait on bogus bomb detectors. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . David Aaronovitch- Columnist with the Times newspaper of London and author of Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History Jonah Lehrer - Contributing editor at Wired magazine and author of How We Decide Matt Lowry - High school physics teacher and keeper of the Skeptical Teacher web site Jim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West - Los Angeles Descripción en español Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices